Sentences with phrase «for verisimilitude»

Occasionally the desire for verisimilitude leads the artist in extreme directions: because the Irish maid in the «Amber» project was diagnosed with hysterical blindness, Häussler blindfolded herself to create some of the objects in the installation.

Eve's bellybutton [slide 2], for instance, among other small details in the series, is photoshopped out for verisimilitude.

Even art that aims for verisimilitude of the highest degree can be said to be abstract, at least theoretically, since perfect representation is likely to be exceedingly elusive.

The issue should be obvious: Presenting Estes (or any photorealist) as a «consummate artisan,» in Adamson's words, emphasizes the gee - whiz, how - did - he - do - that aspect of his technique, as if photorealism were merely a quest for verisimilitude.

But what they sell short is Saulnier, a prolific cinematographer, and his assured, fine - tuned visual style and penchant for verisimilitude.

The Imitation Game wants for verisimilitude.

Dillon's career - long quest for verisimilitude brings him to Fox's new 10 - episode drama «Wayward Pines,» tackling TV for the first time.

The special effects are only distinguished by a peculiar concern for verisimilitude — the initially snowy George gets really dirty on his way to Chicago, while the unnamed giant wolf appears to be suffering from mange.

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When it comes to Jesus, a portrait is not an achievement of external verisimilitude, but a means for us to catch a fleeting and clouded glimpse of the divine, to allow the eye to see what the mind might not know unaided.

It was the story of a Palestinian peasant sowing and harvesting, and the interim period of the fate of parts of the seed sown has been described, both to add vividness and verisimilitude to the story and to prepare artistically for the contrast of the successful harvest.

The verisimilitude in the CG [computer generated] effects and the attention to little things — like the way the rotor from the vehicle moves the grass as it comes in for a landing — are constantly bombarding you with subliminal stimuli that are telling you that what you're seeing is real, even though you know you're sitting in a movie theater.

The recreations of key scenes from that kitsch classic are shot with stunningly tacky verisimilitude and played to the scrappy hilt by an up - for - anything cast, including Zac Efron, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver.

The stellar design team and animators find room for both the sun - kissed verisimilitude of a homey pueblo, and the razzle - dazzle of elaborately designed folk - art animals called alebrijas that become flying, hot - colored spirit creatures in the Land of the Dead.

Most of Lady Bird's teen characters are united by these and other populist totems (in one adorable departure from a world of cultural verisimilitude, Sacramento seems to be a haven for Stephen Sondheim nuts), but the film finds them increasingly aware of the highly visible class markers that separate them.

The picture courts the MAXIM demo, verisimilitude be damned, because that's how you cast something you expect to go straight to video, and Carpenter's similarly nuance - free direction all but confirms he had no higher aspirations for The Ward.

As with his previous film, Funny People, Apatow again cast his real - life wife (Leslie Mann) and daughters (Iris and Maude Apatow) in a bid for something like verisimilitude, with a pot - bellied Paul Rudd standing in as the writer - director's surrogate.

«Their unique gift for immersing the audience in their dark and edgy worlds brings a brilliant verisimilitude unlike any other.

Praised for her commitment to verisimilitude, Shiri Appleby probably ought to thank the heavens that Green has never seen an episode of «Roswell» («I'm sure she's delightful on it»).

Part of this is of course owed to the stunning VFX, which in my opinion even surpasses Blade Runner 2049 this year, for its meticulous verisimilitude.

Sicario, which is Spanish for hitman, frequently places its sharply observed characters in peril, increasingly engulfed in ever - threatening surroundings frequently resulting in shocking and unnerving verisimilitude.

PBS had a fabulous documentary series years ago called American High and not even last years» American Teen could capture the level of verisimilitude that's non-existent in the fluff that passes for teen drama on television today.

Because this was my fourth film, most of the actors I'd either worked with before or they've probably seen one of my other films and they realize that I'm looking for a truthfulness, verisimilitude, and authenticity that is uncompromising and unflinching.

Baumbach's latest is also decidedly his lightest, opting for a kind of 21st century update to the surrealist verisimilitude of «I Love Lucy» or a feminist take on «The Three Stooges» — that is, it's his brand of «But ours goes to 11» absurd.

Of one thing there's no doubt: the approach taken by Baker and cinematographer Alexis Zabe — filming on 35 mm where Baker's previous film, Tangerine, was shot on an iPhone — makes for an extraordinary combination of color - saturated stylization and extemporaneous verisimilitude.

The production here is meticulous, right down to the tinkly feel - good score, as Strong takes her charity project out for new clothes, a pedi - cab ride, and some messy hot dogs in perfect public service commercial verisimilitude.

Dreyer prepared separate German, French and English versions of the film, and even though he shot them without sound and post-synched all the dialogue, he had his cast perform their dialogue in all three languages for greater verisimilitude in the dubbing.

4:30 pm — TCM — Gandhi Ben Kingsley plays the titular figure with uncanny verisimilitude, tracing Mohandas Gandhiís life and career throughout his quest for unbiased treatment of native peoples in British - held lands, especially India, where his leadership of a non-violent rebellion helped to gain India its independence from the British Empire.

In contrast, the genres of fiction as well as autobiography are told through narrative where criteria for justification include verisimilitude — that is, the likelihood or probability of an event — and believability.

Setting the everyday details of life against extraordinary backdrops is something of a specialty for Johnson, who went to North Korea to research The Orphan Master's Son and ended up asking the sort of «verisimilitude questions» his minders had never heard before.

Close knows that of which she writes, and part of the pleasure of this book is the verisimilitude of the world she creates behind the scenes in the West Wing where idealistic staffers vie for the spot closest to POTUS.

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In order to create a world of verisimilitude, the writer has to research all of this information, and so it's difficult for them to believe the reader doesn't need to know it, too.

Verisimilitude is a fundamental dilemma for the sports game.

Maffei is renowned for his reductive compositions of exquisite verisimilitude.

Before this resource, sitters sat for hours for portraitists who excelled at respectable verisimilitude.

Describing himself not as a photographer but as a conceptual artist for whom photography is an intrinsic part of his creative process, Demand's work challenges photography's claims to verisimilitude and disrupts notions of authenticity and artifice by questioning the medium as a faithful record of reality.

In contrast to the form's more architecturally oriented pioneers, however, Gentile doesn't pursue totalizing verisimilitude for his meticulously crafted

In her new work, Wayne reaches for, in her words, «that seductive dislocation» by exploring the range of possibilities for the representation of an illusion in as many different ways as possible, from trompe - l'oeil to verisimilitude, while still remaining undeniably within the confines of a painting.

I had to scurry for the dictionary a couple of times to look up words like «verisimilitude» which would have been easier of the dolts had spelled it correctly.